Stephen Foskett

Stephen Foskett

About the Author:

Stephen Foskett is an active participant in the world of enterprise information technology, currently focusing on enterprise storage, server virtualization, networking, and cloud computing. He organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series for Gestalt IT and runs Foskett Services. A long-time voice in the storage industry, Stephen has authored numerous articles for industry publications, and is a popular presenter at industry events. He can be found online at TechFieldDay.com, blog.FoskettS.net, and on Twitter at @SFoskett.

Articles by Stephen Foskett

Tech Field Day is Back with a Mix of CXL

October 13, 2022

Tech Field Day is heading back to Silicon Valley on October 19th through the 21st with a mix of CXL to see what’s exciting about the emerging tech.

AMD Takes On the World in the Datacenter and Cloud | Gestalt IT Rundown: October 5, 2022

October 5, 2022

Since taking over AMD’s enterprise chip business in 2014, Forrest Norrod has built the perennial also-ran into a CPU powerhouse. Now that AMD is truly a major player in CPUs, the company has broadened into network adapters (acquiring Xilinx and Pensando for DPUs) and is seeing traction in ML. The Next Platform sat down with Norrod for an in-depth interview covering the competition with Intel, the development of CXL, why they bought Xilinx and Pensando, and what the future holds. This is something we’ve been covering for years here at Gestalt IT, so what more does this interview tell us? This and more on this week’s Rundown. Head to GestaltIT.com for show notes.

Will CXL Revolutionize Server Architecture? | Checksum: Episode 22

September 27, 2022

I sat down with Keith Townsend for a special crossover episode of the Gestalt IT Checksum and CTO Dose at VMware Explore 2022. Our conversation focused on CXL, a new technology that promises to revolutionize server architecture by disaggregating memory, I/O, and accelerators from the CPU. Although this isn’t an entirely new concept, CXL has broad industry support and the first products are hitting the market today. Will CXL revolutionize server architecture or is it just another tool in the arsenal for datacenter architects?

It’s The End of VMworld as We Know IT

September 27, 2022

In this episode, Brian Knudtson, Gina Rosenthal and Alastair Cooke join Stephen Foskett in this discussion that tries to define the ways in which VMworld has changed and what to expect from the future VMware Explore conferences.

Cloud Field Day 15 Returns to Silicon Valley!

September 16, 2022

Cloud Field Day15 is returning to Silicon Valley September 21-23. It is our opportunity to look at the next generation of IT, from the enterprise to the public cloud and everything in the stack.

Storage Admins Aren’t Ready for Infrastructure as Code

September 13, 2022

In this episode of the On-Premise IT podcast, sponsored by Pure Storage, Larry Smith and Jim Czuprynski discuss the evolution of storage with Anthony Lai-Ferrario of Pure Storage and Stephen Foskett of Gestalt IT.

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